III. THE FIFTH ("ALL-RUSSIAN 1908") 
CONFERENCE OF THE RSDLP
3—9 JANUARY 1909 1
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ANNOTATION ON THE STATEMENT OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF FOREIGN GROUPS OF THE RSDLP*.
[3 January 1909]

Reported at the 1st session] 3. I. 09.
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OUTLINE OF A SPEECH ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTION 3.
[6 January 1909]

I. Composition
(12
a p o s t l e s
[inviolable?]
(in angelic rank)) 4

II. (A)
1. strike] m[ovement] and r[evolution]ary pat[riot]ism
2. ref[orm]ism and r[evolution]ary [struggle];
3. t[asks] of f[ighting] against n[ation]alism];— to r[aise] before 
c[ongress].
4. how to work in leg[al] soc[ieties]

III. (B)
(1) D[uma] f[raction]
(2) leg[al] newspapers
(3) leg[al] soc[ieties]
(4) [(4)] illeg[al] ag[itators] and their [(5)] secret sl[ogans]

IV. (B)
Resolutions and their popularization...

V. (G) Tr[usted] people and their advancement.

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PROPOSAL ON THE PROCEDURE FOR VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS.
[6 January 1909]

If there is no demand to vote on one of the resolutions submitted to the conference by anyone, then the conference puts to a vote the resolution on the direction of the work of the commission.

If, however, there is a preliminary demand to vote on someone's resolution as the basis immediately, then this demand shall be fulfilled without delay.

CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE SPEECH ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTION.
[6 January 1909]

I state that in my speech on the organizational question, which alone was discussed today, I did n o t  s a y  a s i n g l e  w o r d  and did not wish to say either about the attitude of the Caucasians toward the "Voice of the S[ocial]-D[emocrat]" or about the "Voice of the S[ocial]-D[emocrat]" in general. Therefore, having begun my speech with the statement that on this question at the present time there are no disagreements whatsoever between the Caucasians and the "Voice of the S[ocial]-D[emocrat]," comrade Pyotr of Tiflis* quite unfoundedly mentioned my name. As for the previous discussions, I spoke only of those disagreements [of the] certain members of the editorial board of the "Voice of the S[ocial]-D[emocrat]" and the Caucasians, which came to light at the August plenum session of the C[entral] C[ommittee] in 1908.

Lenin.
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F a c t u a l   s t a t e m e n t .
N. Lenin.

* N. Ramishvili. Ed.

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DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE CONFERENCE'S DECISIONS
[8 January 1909]

The Conference requests** the C[entral] C[ommittee] to take measures to*** the publication
[an[nouncement]] of the Conference's resolutions and submitted draft projects****, and if possible also its protocols or***** a brief report *******

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STATEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE CC AND MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE,
BOLSHEVIKS AND POLES *******.
[8 January 1909]

Regarding the statement of comrades Dana and others on the question of the CC's right of veto over improper decisions of the Fraction, we declare that:

1) The London Congress rejected Martov's amendments, which were aimed at weakening the CC's influence on the activities of the Fraction, and took an unequivocal stand on the point of view of subordinating the Duma Fraction to the Central Committee;

2) in the CC plenum, where the Mensheviks Kostrov, Martynov, and others were present, the practical question of veto on concrete issues was decided, and the aforementioned CC members who were Mensheviks unequivocally recognized this right of the CC;

3) that in the CC's octet comrades Mensheviks Igor******** and Yakov twice voted together with others for the imposition of veto on concrete

* Lenin's draft in the manuscript contains a series of amendments, introduced chiefly by Lederer and noted in the following footnotes. At the top of the manuscript there is a note "adopted," apparently made by the secretary who kept the protocol. Ed.

** In the manuscript the word "requests" is crossed out and replaced by the word "proposes" in Lederer's hand. Ed.

*** In the manuscript here the word "speediest" is inserted in Lederer's hand. Ed.

**** At this point in the manuscript the secretary has inserted: "and of a principled nature statements." Ed.

***** In the manuscript the words: "if possible also its protocols or" — are crossed out and replaced in Lederer's hand by a single word: "also." Ed.

****** At the end of the resolution the words "on it" are added in Lederer's hand and his signature ("Lederer") is placed beneath the resolution. Ed.

******* The text of the statement was written by G. Zinoviev, signed by him and by a whole series of conference participants, including Lenin. Ed.

******** B. P. Gorev-Goldman. Ed.

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issues and never questioned this right of the CC;

4) that the Duma Fraction never officially even questioned the CC's right of veto;

5) that in the party press, without distinction of tendencies, this right of the CC has never been denied by anyone since the London Congress;

6) that the statement of comrade Dana we cannot understand otherwise than as an attempt to set the Fraction against the CC and the Party, otherwise than as an obvious threat of a split and a step toward aiding the liquidators of our present party organization.

CC Members: Grigory (delegate to the London Congress).
Tyshka (delegate to the London Congress).
Maximov (delegate to the London Congress).
Lenin (delegate to the London Congress).
V. Sergeyev* (delegate to the London Congress).
Marat*.

Conference Members: Lyadov, delegate to the London Congress.
Valeryan***, delegate to the London Congress.
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FACTUAL STATEMENT 5.
[8 January 1909]

F a c t u a l   s t a t e m e n t .

I state that I objected to comrade Lyadov from the point of view, repeatedly emphasized by me in my speech, that the right of veto of the C[entral] C[ommittee] is beyond dispute.

N. Lenin.
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STATEMENT OF BOLSHEVIKS" **.
[8 January 1909]

F a c t u a l   s t a t e m e n t .

Regarding the statement of comrade Dana about group agreements within the Meks, we state that our agreements

* V. P. Denisov. Ed.
** V. L. Shanтser. Ed.
*** A. V. Sokolov. Ed.
**** The entire text of the statement was written by Lenin. The signatures are in their own hands. Ed.

LENINIST ANTHOLOGY

"take place between party people, acting within the party, appearing in party organs, whereas the Meks in their resolution [and] in all their actions realize agreements of party people with non-party people, acting in secret opposition to the party, liquidating it and pursuing an opportunism unprecedented in any European s.-d. party.

Lenin*

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STATEMENT REGARDING THE MENSHEVIKS' DRAFT
ON THE LIQUIDATION OF THE CC 6.
[8 January 1909]

Factual statement.

The letter of comrades Martynov and Igorev**, which they promised to submit to the C[entral] C[ommittee] and did not submit for 4 months, concerned not the organization of the CC's work, but its "right to exist" (Existenzrecht), that is, it concerned precisely the liquidators' plans.

N. Lenin.
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STATEMENT OF BOLSHEVIKS AND POLES ON THE QUESTION OF THE UNIFICATION OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE PARTY ***7.
[8 January 1909]

We state that the Stockholm Congress expressed itself decidedly not in favor of Federalism.

Lyadov.
Valeryan.
Vasilkov.****
Shestakov*****.
Konstantin******.
Grigory. Tyshka. Lederer. Ganetsky. Dombrovsky******.
Lenin. Viktor********. Marat. Kuyavsky**/*******.

* Apart from Lenin, the statement is signed by: "Grigory" (G. Zinoviev), Lyadov, "Valeryan" (A. Sokolov), "Vasilkov" (V. Denisov), "Shestakov" (A. Buйko), and "Konstantin" (N. Baturin). Ed.

** B. I. Gorev-Goldman. Ed.

*** The text of the statement was written by Zinoviev. All signatures are in their own hands. Ed.

**** V. P. Denisov. Ed.

***** A. Buйko. Ed.

****** N. Baturin. Ed.

******* D. Kraevsky. Ed.

******** N. Kharakternyy. Ed.

******* I. Marchlevsky. Ed.